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Crisis in the Kremlin cover art

Crisis in the Kremlin

Nostalgames · 2017-03-20

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Franchise: Tom Clancy’s · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: 1991 (DOS)

Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?

Crisis in the Kremlin is an Indie, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2017, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 1463 reviews).

3
playing now
84%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 41 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 49,718 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 37k–88k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,465 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2018-10-30) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
313120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1563Mar 2017Aug 2026Mar 2017 — avg 48 · peak 132Jun 2017 — avg 14 · peak 34Sep 2017 — avg 17 · peak 51Dec 2017 — avg 13 · peak 34Mar 2018 — avg 61 · peak 849Jun 2018 — avg 13 · peak 68Sep 2018 — avg 156 · peak 3,050Dec 2018 — avg 25 · peak 441Mar 2019 — avg 53 · peak 2,169Jun 2019 — avg 15 · peak 48Sep 2019 — avg 26 · peak 691Dec 2019 — avg 136 · peak 2,734Mar 2020 — avg 29 · peak 297Jun 2020 — avg 47 · peak 1,003Sep 2020 — avg 15 · peak 52Dec 2020 — avg 10 · peak 25Mar 2021 — avg 9 · peak 22Jun 2021 — avg 10 · peak 22Sep 2021 — avg 9 · peak 24Dec 2021 — avg 46 · peak 1,819Mar 2022 — avg 10 · peak 26Jun 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Sep 2022 — avg 8 · peak 25Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Mar 2023 — avg 7 · peak 18Jun 2023 — avg 6 · peak 19Sep 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Dec 2023 — avg 5 · peak 20Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 16Jun 2024 — avg 6 · peak 16Sep 2024 — avg 7 · peak 31Dec 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Sep 2025 — avg 9 · peak 29Dec 2025 — avg 4 · peak 9Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2026 — avg 5 · peak 88Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$1.992017-03-202026-07-132017-03-20 — best price $4.992017-09-14 — best price $3.492017-11-28 — best price $4.992018-02-15 — best price $2.442018-07-05 — best price $4.992018-10-30 — best price $1.992018-12-20 — best price $1.992019-04-24 — best price $1.992019-07-20 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $1.992020-01-13 — best price $4.992020-03-04 — best price $4.492020-04-12 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $1.992020-09-10 — best price $4.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-07-09 — best price $1.992021-11-01 — best price $4.992022-01-06 — best price $1.992022-04-08 — best price $4.992022-10-15 — best price $1.992023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $1.992023-09-05 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $1.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-09-01 — best price $1.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $1.992025-07-14 — best price $4.992025-11-13 — best price $1.992026-02-22 — best price $4.992026-06-06 — best price $1.992026-07-13 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
8.6%
earned "Two chairs"
6.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2017-08-22, latest 2020-03-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3564%42

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGIndieCold WarPoliticsStrategyDiplomacyPoliticalHistoricalManagementSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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